The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people meaner.
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Meaner
Synonyms for "meaner" (8 found)
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Prince John: "Your foe has bloodied you, sir knight. Will you concede defeat? You fight too well to die so mean a death. Will you not throw in your lot with me instead? Ivanhoe: "That would be an even meaner death, Your Grace."
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By his acts of meaning, and those of other individual meaners, the social reality is created, maintained in good order, and continuously shaped and modified.
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